Sanitary sugar bowl



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SANITARY SUGAR BOWL Filed Jan. 8. 1923 invento GHQUIMJS which directlyinto cups.

Patented May 12, 1925.

UNITED STATES ROBERT A, COURTNEY, O'F WESTMINSTER, MARYLAND.

r SANITARY SUGAR BOWL.

Application tiled January 8, 1923. Serial No. 611,540.

To all whom it may con oem.'

Be it known that 1 ROBERT A. COU'RTNEY, a citizen of the UnitedStates,and a resident of Westminster, Carroll County, State of Maryland, haveinvented certainY new and useful Improvements in Sanitary Sugar Bowls,of which the following is a specification.

This invention consists. in a sugar'bowl adapted for measuring andserving sugar The device may obviously be used for other culinarypurposes, such as measuring ground coffee, salt etc. Primarily, however,the invention isl a covered vessel adapted to stand on a dining tableand to be used for delivering measured quantities of sugar into tea andcoffee cups. The vessel is normally closed to exclude dampness andinsects and the sugar is discharged without opening communicationbetween the interior of the vessel and the outer air.

The object of the invention is to provide a device of this characterwhich is light, neatl looking and which can be produced at minimum cost.'Io this end the body of the vessel and the cover and also its supportare preferably formed of sheet aluminum. The invention will be furtherdescribed in connection with the accompanying drawing in Fig. 1 is aside elevation of a sugar bowl, the lower part being in section;

Fig. 2 is a sectional view of the lower part taken on a plane at rightangles to the section in Figure 1;

Fig. 3 is a bottom plan view; and

Fig. 4 is an enlarged section of the shaft on the same plane as inFigure 2.

Referring to the drawing 10 indicates the body of a sugar bowl and 11 asuitable cover therefor. The body and cover are preferably formed ofsheet aluminum, although they may be of silver or other metal. Thebottom of the body is formed with a contracted neck in which is .fitteda base 12 which may be an aluminum casting. The base at its upper marginfits close to the body 10 and the lower edge of the body is preferablyprovided with an inwardly turned flange 13 fitting the bottom margin ofthe base, as shown in Figures 1 and 2.

The base is provided with a central opening in which is fitted arotating cylinder 14: having pockets 15. As shown, there are twodiametrically opposite pockets each of which is designed to holdapproximatel a teaspoonful o sugar or other material. Fhe cylinder 14 iscarried by a shaft 16 which as shown is provided with two tins orintegral keys 17. On one end of the shaft is a knob 18 which is securelyconnected, as by the pin 19. On the other end of the shaft is a collar20 securely connected as by the pin 21.

The bowl is sup orted by three legs 22 which are preferab y constructedof an4 integral piece of sheet material of the same character as thebowl. The upper end of the supporting part is cylindrical as shown at 23and telescopes over the lower pant of the bowl. Between the lowercylindrical part of t 4e bowl 25 is located the upper cylindricalportion 26 of a funnel 27. The funnel is symmetrical and centrally arraned between the legs 22 and serminates slig tly above the feet of theegs.

The cylindrical portion 26 of the funnel lits snugly on the part 25 ofthe bowl and the cylindrical portion 23 of. the legs or supports fitssnugly upon the part 26. The legs and the funnel are connected to thebowl permanentl by the shaft 16- which passes through al three of thesaid cylin-y drical portions. The cylinder 23 as shown is groovedthroughout its length and the base 12 is also grooved to permit thepasart 23 and the sage of the fins or keys so that the shaft4 16 may bereadily introduced.

It will be noted that I have produced a sugar bowl or like deviceprovided with a` means for measuring and dispensing small quantities ofthe contents which is attractive in design and all parts of which aresecured together by the shaft 16 and the knob and collar on the shaft.The entire device, as previously stated, is intended to be very lightand in use it is designed to be lifted and held over a cup or otherrecept-acle with one hand while the knob is turned with the other handto feed one or more portions ofsugar or other ingredients from the bowlinto the funnel from which it will flow into-a cup or other receptacle.

Having thus described my invention wha I claim and desire to secure entis:

A sugar bowl or the like having a sheet metal body provided with a lowercylindrical portion, a base fitting within said cylindrical portion, afunnel having a cyder on said shaft provided with pockets for lindricalportion fitting over the correspondremoving portions of the contents ofthe ing portion of the bowl, supporting legs bowl and delivering their;into the funnel l" having a cylindrical portion fitting over the whentheI shaft is turned.

5 corres onding portion of the funnel, a shaft In testimony whereof Ihereuntoaix my exten ing through all of said parts and signature.permanently connecting them and a cylin- ROBERT A. COURTNEY,

